Ironing and drying device



Jan 9, 1923.,

P. BECK.

IRONING AND DRYING DEVICE.

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FILED DEC. 13, 1919.

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P. BECK.

IRONING AND DRYING DEVICE.

FILED DEC. 13. m9.

Jan. 9, 1923..

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Be it known that l, PETER Buck, a citizen volE Denmark, and resident of Racine, in the count of Racine and State ofisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements" in lroning and Drying Devices, oil which the lollowin is a description, reference being had to t e accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ironing and drying devices and'has for one of its objects to provide a heated form for maintaining the garment to be dried or ironed in its nor-- 'mal shape until dried.

Another object of this invention is -to provide means for maintaining a garment taut and in. substantially its normal shape while heat is applied thereto whereby it is quickly dried and ironed in the onefopera-j tion, the drying of the garment while' the same, is taut taking the place of other devices formerly used in ironing garments.

A further object of my invention is to pro-;

vide a device of the class and for the purposes stated ,which will have means for 'mo-istening a garment after the same has been placed-on the form so that all creases therein will be removed before permitting thega'rment to dry. r

Afstill turtherobject of my invention is to provide a device of the class and for the purposes describedwhich may be .employed in drying and ironing. garments of various shapes without changing the principles as illustrated in the-accompanying drawings. With-the aboveand other objects. in'view, which will appear as the description. proceeds, myv invention resides in.the novel con struction,

and more particularly defined by the apit being understood that pended claims,

the precise embodiment of such changes in the herein disclosed invention may be madeas come withinthe scope ot the claims.

in the accompanying drawin s l have physical so tar devised for the practical application ol, the principles thereot', and in which:

combination and arrangement of Figures l'tot, parts, substantially as hereinafter described chamber Y I fined between the end ct said rodv d the Figure l is a-tront plan view' of mydevice, illustrating the same in use tor drying and ironing shirts or the like.

Figure 2 is a view part insection and part in elevation illustrating the structural details thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken there- ,through on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure t is an enlarged fragmentary seclilollfitg vlew taken on the line H of Figure 2 an v Figure 5 is a viewv part in section and part 1n elevation of a slightly modified form of my invention.

Relerrmg now more particularly to the drawings, my device may'be said to--broadly consist of a garment receiving torm, means for maintaining the garment taut while on" the form, means for moistening the. garment/While taut on the form, if desired, to remove all, creases therefrom, and means for heating the formto'dry the garment, wherebythe same will have the appearance of having been ironed; .The form consists of a body member 10. substantially elliptical in cross section and having a smooth exterior surface, a neck or collar portion 11, and two arms 12. The arms 12 areformed with inner rounded ends 13 having their sides flattened and fitted within recesses 14 formed at the shoulder portions 15' of the body and pivoted as at 16, in the -manner to be. later described.

lhe arms 12 are arranged to move in unison andeachfarm is connected with the upper end of a guide bar 17 by a link 18 having its upper end pivotedto the guide barand its inner end pivoted to the arm as at 19. That form of my invention depicted in inclusive, is especially adapted for usein connectionwith shirts, or like garments 20, and for convenience in placing the garment on the form, ll providemeans for normally urging thearms .to asubst'an' tially vertical ure 2. The arms are urged to suchvertiealposi tion by means of an expansile spring 21 coiled about the 17, disposed within the. steam orheating 22,- to be'later described, d cone position, see dottedlines, di iglower portion or the guide rod 1 v recesses 28 in the under sides of the arms 12.

inn-er ends pivoted as top intermediate wall .23 of the chamber 22.

By this arrangement, the rod 17 is at all times normally urged downwardly and as the pivotal connections 19 of the links 18 are inward of the arm pivots 16, the arms will be normally urged to their dotted line posi-, tions as shown in Figure 2. The outer ends of the arms 12 are provided with handles 24 for moving the arms against the action'of spring 17. v i

The means for maintaining'the garment taut while being bers 25 of somewhat T-shape and having the leg portions thereof disposed within elon gated recesses 26 formed in the'sides of the body 10, and arm stretching members 27 of similar sha e and disposed within elongated The members 25 are normally urged outwardly of their recesses 26 by means of tension springs 29 secured to the members and engaging the bottom of said recesses.

The members 25 and 27 are adapted to be disposed in their recesses when the arms are in vertical positions for convenience in placing a garment thereon and are adapted to be moved out of their recesses to' draw the garment taut when the arms are moved from such verticalpositions. As best shown in Figure 2, the members 27 have their outer en s pivoted as at 30 to the arms and their at 31 to the upper ends of the members 25 having their lower ends pivoted as at 32 in their recesses 26. The pivots 32 of the members 25 work in elongated slots 33 to tion;

. against action of springs sleeve members 37 Each arm 12 is connected with the opposite member 25 by means of a link connection 34 having its inner end secured to the arm as at 35 and its outer end pivoted to the opposite member 25'near its pivot 31 as at 36, so that when the arms are raised the links 34 will draw the upper end of members 25 and consequently the inner ends of members'27 inwardly, at the same time sli htly moving the members 25 vertically. s the slots 33 are slightly outwardly and downwardly inclined the lower ends of the members 25 will also be moved inwardly 29. The collar or neck portion-of the garment made taut by means of two telescopin normally resiliently urged to expanded position by means of springs 38 disposed between them and the portion 11 of the form.

The body 10 is provided with a heating chamber 22 contacting with the exterior walls thereof, and adapted to receive steam, hot air or any other desired heating medium through an inlet 39, and the heating medium is communicated with the heating chamber dried consists of side mem-' of the rod and the permit the necessary" slight vertical movement of the members 25 40 of the arms by means of a passageway 41 in it'spivot 16 and is exhausted therefrom through passageway 41 in pivot 16.

As often times the garment may be partly dried and wrinkled or creased in spots when applied to the device, I provide a plurality of spray jets or openings 42 in the surface of the body 10 having, a common supply pipe 43 so that the garments may be moistened before drying in order that the members 25 and 27 may draw the garment taut. The spray ejected from the jets 42 may either be steam, water or the like.

The garment 20 may be fastened on the form, if desired, by means of suitable retaining members, such as spring clips 43' as depicted in Figure 1.

In order to prevent the steam or other heating medium from escaping from the chamber 22 about the rod 17 where it passes through "the wall 23, I enclose the lower end spring 21 with a cap 44.

In Fi ure 5 I have illustrated my device as modified for use in pressing or ironing trousers, and this form of my invention consists of a waist portion 45, two leg portions 46,vand means 47 fordrawing the trousers taut. Thezentire form is provided with a heating chamber 48 to which a suitable heating medium is supplied by supply pipe 49.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be at once apparent that I provide novel means for quickly drying and ironing garments.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. An ironing and drying device comprising a form, an arm by, said arm being movable to a vertical position to permit the placing of a garment upon the form, means operable upon movement of the arm to a substantially horizontal position to draw the garment taut, and means for heating the form.

2. An ironing and drying device comprising a form,.an arm pivotally carried thereya substantially vertical position to permit the placing of a garment on the form, means operable upon the movement of the arm from its vertical position against the action of the urging means to draw the garment taut, and meansfor heating the form.

3. An ironing and drying device comprising a form, an arm pivotally carried thereby, means normally urging said arm to a substantially vertical position to permit the ready placing of a garment on the form, means operab e upon the movement of said arm from its vertical position to draw the garment taut, means for moistening the garment, and means for heating the form to dry and iron the garment.

4. An ironing and dryin device comp pivotally carried theremeans normally urging said arm to a form, an arm pivotal iy carried by the III I term and arm te d ltl te a substantially vertical pesltien se that lit till

tieal pesitiens,

the garment may he reil term, mns ter drawing t e upen mevement at the arms trem their verand means ter heating the term to dry and iren the garment. ti. ltn irening and drying device eemgris ing a term, twe arms pivetally carrie hy the term, means nermall urging said arms te a'suhstantially vertica pesitien se that a sleeved rment may he readily placed en the term with said arms within its sleeves, the hedy et the garment and te dry and iren t e garment.

7.. irening and drying device cemprising a term, twe arms ivetally carried by the term, means nerma y urgin said arms te a "suhstantially' vertiml pesitien se th a steered rment may he reily plared en a atar means nermally urging saidplaced en. thegarment taut stantially verti heating the term and arms the rment.

tltllt the te with said arms within its sleeves, means ter meving' said arms in unisen, means ter drawing the hedy at the garment and its sleeves taut upen mevement at the arms trem their vertical pesitiens, and

means ter heating the term and the arms te dry and iren the garment.

8. .dn irening and drying device comprising a term, the term, sprin means cennected with said arms te nerma y urge the same to a suhstantially vertical pesitien so that a sleeved garment may be readily placed thereon. with the arms in the sleeves thereet, means ter drawing the sleeves, neclr and hedy at the garment taut, and means ter heating the term and arms te dry' and iren the garment.

9. An irening and drying device comprising a term, twe arms pivetally carried by the term, spring means cennected with said arms te nermall urge the same we suhlpesitien so that a sleeved garment may he reily placed thereon with the a in the sleeves thereet, means ter drawing the sleeves, neclr and hedy et the garment taut, means ment to meisten the same,

to dry and iron y whereet, l at my signature.

' PETER EClt.

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